Missouri Sues Televangelist Jim Bakker for Selling Fake Cure to 'Kill or Deactivate' the Coronavirus
She then promised that “Silver Sol” has been “proven by the government” to have the ability to “kill every pathogen it has ever been tested on including SARS and HIV.”
These baseless claims were backed up by Bakker, who proceeded to offer the products to his viewers should they donate at least $80. He also sold the “Silver Solution” on his website for as much as $125, reiterating the same false facts that Sellman said on his broadcast. Missouri is the first state to file a lawsuit against Bakker for selling his coronavirus “treatment.” However, on March 3, the New York Attorney General’s Office also“Your show’s segment may mislead consumers as to the effectiveness of the Silver Solution product in protecting against the current outbreak,” wrote Lisa Landau, chief of the New York Attorney General’s Office’s health care bureau.
The Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission also issued warning letters to Bakker on March 6, stating that “there are currently no vaccines, potions, lotions, lozenges or other prescription or over-the-counter products available to treat or cure coronavirus disease 2019 ” — which has infected at least 1,297 people and killed 37 in the United States as of March 12.
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